Indo cooking is not always easy if you have to learn it from someone in the family. In most cases, passing down a recipe happens verbally and it is based on feeling and personal taste. My mother prepares food without recipes and mostly by intuition. She owns no measuring spoons nor cups. Yet she is…
Meet the English shepherd’s pie with an Indo Dutch twist. Pastei is the Dutch word for pie and toetoep/tutup is the Indonesian word for closed. Originally “sheperd’s pie” contains lamb meat and “cottage pie” is made with beef. This eurasian fusion shepherd’s pie contains either beef or chicken. There are many versions of this savory…
One of my favorite comfort foods is soup of the chicken kind ; soto ayam. Soto is the Javanese word for soup and ayam is the Indonesian word for chicken. There are different versions depending on where the soto is served. Some historians suggested that soto was a mixture of traditions in the region. There…
At Irvine’s largest annual event Global Village Festival (23 September 2017) more than 20,000 visitors experienced a multi-cultural day with musical performances, dance, arts & crafts and food samples from all over the world. We were there to launch our special festival treat PISANG GORENG (pronounced: pee-sahng-gor-reng), Indonesian style banana fritters. It was a festive premiere of our…
A series of Indo & Dutch food events are scheduled for this summer and fall. I will be doing either a book presentation, a food demonstration and/or a cooking workshop, sometimes followed by a brunch or dinner party. If you like to set up a reading, signing or want more information, send an email to info@ keasberry.com. …
When it comes to nostalgic eating the holiday season gets the highest score on the ‘food memories’ scale. It is that time of year that specific fragrances fill the house and a myriad of traditional and delicious foods are being prepared. People come together around a decked out dining table to share good conversations and happy…
‘Pea soup served over rice with sambal oelek? That is not ‘Indies’ cuisine! I get a similar response from people when I tell them that this Indies cuisine offers its own version of macaroni and cheese. Some frown when I explain that ‘Frikandel pan,’ (a meatloaf dish out of the oven) and Hussars salad with beets…
This dish still scores high on my list of comfort food. It’s my Dad’s picker-upper dish. Where other kids who were not feeling well would often get Chicken Soup, I was getting my Dad’s Mashed Potatoes with Sweet Peas. Yummm! Wake me up in the middle of the night and serve me this, why don’t…
The sun felt warmer to the face when it hit us by the time we came out of the train station on Flatbush Ave in Brooklyn. It was a true mid-summer Wednesday in NY.
What better way to start the day than with an egg shining you in the face?